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noun/slaʊ/
/sluː/, /slaʊ/
(literary)- [singular] slough of misery, despair, etc. a state of being sad with no hope
- She slid into a slough of self-pity.
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- [countable] a very soft wet area of land
- The battlefield was a slough of mud and corpses.
Word OriginOld English slōh, slō(g), of unknown origin.
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